{
  "id": 1285527,
  "title": "What is Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, linked to Japan’s wartime atrocities?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/what-is-tokyos-yasukuni-shrine-linked-to-japans-wartime-atrocities",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:29:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Jazeera",
    "slug": "al-jazeera",
    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/what-is-tokyos-yasukuni-shrine-linked-to-japans-wartime-atrocities?traffic_source=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "About 2.5 million people, including Japanese war criminals who fought for the country, are enshrined at Yasukuni.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan ruling party executive Kobayashi visits war-linked Yasukuni shrine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/japan-ruling-party-executive-kobayashi-visits-war-linked-yasukuni",
        "published": "2026-08-16T02:41:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}